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Organizations

The Permanent Commission of the Status of Women's 18th Edition of The Directory of
Women's Organizations in Connecticut includes Connecticut statewide agencies and women's
organizations by county. Each organization does work that is crucial to improving
the status of women and families in Connecticut.

Designed specifically to promote leadership among young feminists, the Choices Campus
Community uses cutting-edge technology to connect feminist student leaders, supportive
faculty and community members throughout the US and the world. Using chatrooms, bulletin
boards and other interactive tools, feminist activists have access to free Online
Organizing Workshops hosted by FMF's professional organizers, FMF's acclaimed Study
& Action Manual, and a wide range of other activist resources.

Girl Up is a United Nations Foundation campaign that gives American girls the opportunity
to become global leaders and channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness
and funds for United Nations programs that help some of the world's hardest-to-reach
adolescent girls.

The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) is an international, spiritually-based
movement composed of people who commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of
life and as a means of transformation--personal, social, economic and political. IFOR
has consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC and UNESCO).

NWSA supports and promotes feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research, and professional
and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels and serves as a locus
of information about the inter-disciplinary field of Women's Studies for those outside
the profession.

The Nobel Women's Initiative was created by six female winners of the Nobel Peace
Prize "to promote, spotlight, and amplify the work of women's rights activists, researchers,
and organizations worldwide addressing the root causes of violence, in a way that
strengthens and expands the global movement to advance nonviolence, peace, justice,
and equality." The Nobel Women's Initiative publishes an annual report, as well as, other reports such as "From Survivors to Defenders: Women Confronting
Violence in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala;" "Survivors Speak Out: Sexual Violence in
Sudan;" and "Partners for Peace: Women in Israel and Palestine Working for an End
to the Conflict."

Policy & REports -- Local & Global

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental
body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment
of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it
was established by Council resolution 11 (II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of
women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality
and the empowerment of women.

Know Your IX was founded in 2013 and is a grassroots, national survivor-run, student-driven
campaign to end campus sexual violence. Their mission is "to educate our fellow students
about their rights and empower them to take action for safety and equality on campus;
and bring students' voices, experiences, and concerns to policymakers writing the
next chapter in Title IX's history."

Permanent Commission on the Status of WomenSince 1973, the PCSW has provided valuable research and analysis to the Legislature
and state leaders regarding such issues as sex discrimination in education, employment
and credit, the health and safety of pregnant workers, child day care, women in nontraditional
employment, sexual harassment, child support enforcement, equal education, women and
healthcare, the economic status of women and welfare policy.

This report is the result of conversations over nearly two years among women leaders
in New Haven about the growing need for data on women and girls in New Haven. The
report has four goals: 1) To provide baseline information on women and girls in New
Haven; 2) To inform policy and program priorities for women and girls in New Haven;
3) To provide easily accessible data on women and girls in New Haven; and 4) To create
a platform for advocacy and dialogue on issues affecting women and girls in New Haven.

The Fund for Gender Equality is a UN Women grant-making mechanism dedicated exclusively
to the economic and political empowerment of women worldwide. Since its launch in
2009, the Fund has delivered grants of USD 56.5 million to 96 grant programs in 72 countries. Each program supports women, especially those who are marginalized,
with what they need and require to regain control over their lives, whether they are
trying to start a business or initiate a grassroots movement.

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is a testimony to the global consciousness
that violence against women and girls is neither inevitable nor acceptable. The UN
Trust Fund is a leading global grants making mechanism exclusively dedicated to addressing
violence against women and girls in all its forms. It supports effective initiatives
that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed,
reduced, and with persistence, eliminated.

UN Women, among other issues, works for the elimination of discrimination against
women and girls; empowerment of women; and achievement of equality between women and
men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action
and peace and security.